Decision Development in Small Groups IV A Typology of Group Decision Paths

1989 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARSHALL SCOTT POOLE ◽  
JONELLE ROTH
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Decision Paths

Group decision in small groups

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-142
Author(s):  
O. I. Larichev
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Group Decision

scholarly journals Low proficiency students: can we help them to speak confidently?

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Muriatul Khusmah Musa ◽  
Rushita Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Speaking Anxiety ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
English Class ◽  
Equal Chance ◽  
Group Members ◽  
English Speaking

This action research was carried out to find out whether the speaking activities that were done during English lessons could encourage the low proficiency students to speak English confidently. These students admitted that they were afraid of speaking English, particularly in front of their classmates. They had very low self- confidence and felt very anxious when they were asked to speak or present in English. For this research, five speaking tasks were incorporated in the English class with the aim of building up students’ confidence and at the same time encouraging them to speak and participate in the English speaking activities. The five tasks were: self- introduction, fairy tale role-play, open mic, product advertisement campaign and group decision making. These activities were carried out individually as well as in small groups. In short, all the students were given an equal chance to speak English and actively participate as individuals and as group members. Students’ positive responses signify the speaking tasks have helped to reduce their speaking anxiety, build up their confidence in speaking English and improve their speaking skills.

scholarly journals Examining learning coherence in group decision-making: triads vs. tetrads

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsutomu Harada
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Majority Rule ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Computational Approach ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Q Learning ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Better Than

AbstractThis study examined whether three heads are better than four in terms of performance and learning properties in group decision-making. It was predicted that learning incoherence took place in tetrads because the majority rule could not be applied when two subgroups emerged. As a result, tetrads underperformed triads. To examine this hypothesis, we adopted a reinforcement learning framework using simple Q-learning and estimated learning parameters. Overall, the results were consistent with the hypothesis. Further, this study is one of a few attempts to apply a computational approach to learning behavior in small groups. This approach enables the identification of underlying learning parameters in group decision-making.

Discussion of Shared Information Can Increase the Influence of Divergent Members

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn M. Van Swol ◽  
Michael T. Braun ◽  
Emily E. Acosta Lewis ◽  
Cassandra L. Carlson ◽  
Giovanna Dimperio
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Linear Discrepancy ◽  
Discrepancy Model ◽  
Shared Information ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Pledge Of Allegiance

Based on the theoretical frameworks of information-sharing in groups and the linear discrepancy model, this study highlights the importance of communicating shared information for a divergent member to influence a group. Participants received information concerning whether “under God” should be in the Pledge of Allegiance. After stating individual opinions, they discussed the issue in small groups and came to a group decision on a continuous, ordered scale. Low divergent members, who had opinions closer to the average of other group members, had more influence than high divergent members. Group members with high divergence were more confident and talked more than others. However, there was no relationship between the amount divergent members talked or their confidence level and their amount of influence. Highly divergent group members who mentioned more shared information were more influential and came across as more knowledgeable.

WeRGreat, Inc. Merit Increase Decisions

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-71
Author(s):  
Jannifer G. David
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Merit Pay ◽  
Employment Law ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Actual Dollar

Although U.S. corporations rely heavily on merit pay programs to distribute pay increases to their employees, many undergraduate students, even those who have held jobs, lack exposure to merit pay programs until they take their first human resource management course. The exercise gives students an opportunity to experience how organizations make merit pay decisions. With this exercise, students decide what employee information is job-related and what is non–job-related, ensure their decisions conform to employment law, perform calculations to ascertain the actual dollar amounts of the raises, and consider other managers’ opinions through a group decision-making process. Finally, because this exercise is conducted in small groups, it can be used in classes of any size.

Learning Disabled Children's Peer Interactions during a Small-Group Problem-Solving Task

1981 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanis Bryan ◽  
Mavis Donahue ◽  
Ruth Pearl
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Group Problem ◽  
Group Problem Solving ◽  
Problem Solving Task

Learning disabled children in grades three through eight participated in a problem-solving task requiring group decision making. An analysis of group choices indicated that the independently made choices of learning disabled children were less likely to be among the group's final choices. Analyses of the children's communication patterns revealed that learning disabled children were less likely to disagree with classmates, less likely to try to argue for their choices, and more likely to agree with their peers. In addition, learning disabled children were found to be less likely to engage in “conversational housekeeping” than nondisabled children. Hence, learning disabled children were less persuasive than nondisabled children, apparently as a result of their assuming a submissive, deferential role when interacting with small groups of peers.

scholarly journals The Large-Small Group-Based Evolutionary Game on Knowledge Sharing in Uncertain Environment under the Background of Telemedicine Service

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Yuxuan Gao ◽  
Bingzhen Sun
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Telemedicine Service ◽  
Uncertain Environment ◽  
Decision Making Problem

Group decision-making is an effective method to deal with complex unstructured problem in uncertain environment, and it has been widely used in many fields such as medical decision-making. This is a novel study that considers the decision-makers as different groups in the group decision-making problems in uncertain environment. This paper aims to present a novel method combined with evolutionary game for decision-making problem of knowledge sharing in uncertain environment between the large and the small groups in Telemedicine service. For this purpose, the evolutionary game model is constructed to solve decision-making problem of large-small group. Through analyzing the evolutionary path and balance, the influencing factors of the selection strategies and objective and subjective factors restricting the establishment of knowledge sharing between the large and small groups cloud be determined. Finally, a numerical simulation experiment is conducted with Matlab to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method. In this study, the range of decision groups in the research of group decision-making problem has been expanded, and the complicated factors of knowledge sharing between hospitals in uncertain environment under the background of Telemedicine service have been discussed.

The Effectiveness of Expert Support Technology for Decision Making: Individuals versus Small Groups

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fui Hoon (Fiona) Nah ◽  
Jiye Mao ◽  
Izak Benbasat
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Group Setting ◽  
Versus Group ◽  
Expert Support ◽  
Research Show

Expert support systems (ESSs) are increasingly used in organizations to support individuals and groups in decision making. Although ESSs have been shown to enhance the decision-making capabilities of individuals, their benefits in supporting group decision making are less clear. To the best of our knowledge, no empirical research has evaluated the effectiveness of the technology in the group setting or compared its usefulness for supporting individual versus group decision making. The results of this research show that ESSs benefit decision making of both individuals and groups and novices are able to gain more from ESSs than experts. The findings also suggest that groups outperform individuals in both with and without ESS support settings.

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